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Alaska Statutes Title 21. Insurance § 21.79.040. Association established

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) There is established as a nonprofit legal entity the Alaska Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association. Each member insurer shall be a member of the association as a condition of the insurer's authority to transact insurance, a hospital or medical service corporation business, or a health maintenance organization business in this state. The association shall perform its functions under a plan of operation established and approved under AS 21.79.080 and shall exercise its powers through the Board of Governors established under AS 21.79.050. For purposes of administration and assessment, the association shall maintain the following accounts:

(1) the health account; and

(2) the life insurance and annuity account, including the following subaccounts:

(A) life insurance account;

(B) annuity account that must include annuity contracts owned by a governmental retirement benefit plan, or its trustee, qualified under 26 U.S.C. 401, 26 U.S.C. 403(b), or 26 U.S.C. 457 (Internal Revenue Code), but that otherwise excludes unallocated annuities; and

(C) unallocated annuity account that must exclude contracts owned by a governmental retirement benefit plan, or its trustee, qualified under 26 U.S.C. 401, 26 U.S.C. 403(b), or 26 U.S.C. 457 (Internal Revenue Code).

(b) The association is under the supervision of the director and is subject to the insurance laws of the state. Except as provided in AS 21.79.110(b), meetings or records of the association may be open to the public upon majority vote of the Board of Governors of the association.

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